Pictures of the Day: 10 February 2017

Malaysian Hindu devotees walk up the 272 stairs to the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus in Malaysia take part in the colourful Thaipusam festival and show their devotion to the Lord Murugan by piercing their bodies with tridents, hooks and skewers.